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This study sought to measure current attitudes toward hypnosis among anesthesia providers using an in-person survey distributed at a single grand rounds at a single academic teaching hospital. One
hundredtwenty-six anesthesia providers (anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists) were included in
this study. A 10-question Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved questionnaire was developed.
One hundred twenty-six (73% of providers at the meeting) anesthesia providers completed the survey. Of the respondents, 54 (43%) were anesthesiologists, 42 (33%) were trainees (interns/residents/fellows) in anesthesia, and 30 (24%) were nurse anesthetists.

Abstract: A nationwide, demographically balanced Internet survey of
1000 adults (500 females, 500 males, mean age 49.5, range 18–88 years)
was conducted to assess views and experiences of clinical hypnosis in the
United States population. Participants were unaware when enrolling in the survey that hypnosis was the subject matter. Key findings included that most reported a...

These effect sizes are comparable to those associated with well-known psychological interventions for depression (e.g., Beck’s cognitive therapy, interpersonal therapy) and suggest hypnosis is a very effective way of alleviating the symptoms of depression. Clinicians may wish to give serious consideration to hypnosis as a treatment option when working with clients and patients who are depressed.

Abstract: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the efficacy of
hypnotherapy in the treatment of PTSD used literature searches to
obtain 47 articles. However, only 6 were experiments testing the efficacy
of hypnosis-based treatments. A fixed-effects meta-analysis was
applied to postintervention assessment results and 4-week follow-ups.